Service difficulty report · Pump · Doug DC987

Difficulty date
December 2, 2006
Submitted
December 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216AM
Make and model
Doug DC987
Aircraft serial
49586
Aircraft time
40,574 hours, 32,035 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT8D219
Part
Pump
Part number
AS66411LS666
Part serial
MX411592
Condition
Leaking
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Part time
10,146 hours, 6,554 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT RETURNED DUE TO RT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM LOST. DURING MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE HYDRAULIC CONTAINER WAS EMPTY AND WITH A DRIP IN THE RT AFT CARGO COMPARTMENT. AIRCRAFT WAS SENT TO THE HANGAR AND A BROKEN LINE IN THE RT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM MODULE AND (3) CLAMPS WERE DETECTED WITH DAMAGES. CLAMPS, HYDRAULIC PUMP, HYDRAULIC UNION AND WATER SEPARATORS WERE REPLACED IAW MM 20-10-13, 29-10-05, 29-10-00 AND 21-20-00, TESTED CORRECT. DURING OVERNIGHT CHECK, ENGINE AND PRESSURIZATION TESTS WERE PERFORMED IAW MM 71-00-00 AND 21-00-00, ALL CORRECT. THE OVERWEIGHT INSPECTION WAS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE MAXIMUM LANDING WEIGHT IS 58,060 KGS. AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH 44750 KGS.

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